Improved washing-machine



niml '0%' Meara-w- L. I-I.A HUBBARD, OF CANTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 84,491, dated December l, 1868.

IMPROVE!) WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patient and making part: of the same.

To all whom it ma/y concern-.-

Be it known that I, L. H. HUBBARD, ot' Canton, in the county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, reference being had to the 'accompanying drawings, forming a vpart of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, of which drawings- Figure l is an elevation of my improved machine.

Figure 2 is a plan of the bottom of the same, as seen from below.

Figure 3 is au elevation of the roller and rubberframe and attachments.

Figure 4 is an end view of the same.

Figure 5 are side view-and plan of rubber side-piece, showing manner of securing rubber-board.

Figure 6 is a side view of lifting-lever.

The nature of my invention consists inthe construe tion of peculiar mechanism for raising the frame of the rollers and rubber, together with the rollers and rubbers themselves, in the wash-box, whereby I am enabled to raise and maintain: said rollers and rubber in their proper position, with respect to the washing-suds in the wash-box, in au easy and eectual manner.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The wash-box A is made of sheet-copper, of the form shown, and has a wire or iron rim, r, around itsl upper edge, to prevent said edge from being broken or bent.

The legs B B, which support the nachine, are secured to the lbox A by being inserted between the lips b b, which'are secured to a base, s, which is\soldered or riveted to the box A, as seen in iig. 2.

These lips b b slope towards each other at their outer edges, and also at their tops, so that the weight of the machine causes them to clasp the tops of the'legs B B very firmly, and prevents any shaking ofthe machine.

The heating-apparatus is composed of the central double-armed 'pipe C, thevconnectiug-pipes a a, endpieces D and E, di'using-plates fand c, and burners d and e, the whole being supported by loopsvt t, which pass around the end-pieces D and E, as shown, and are secured to the bottom of the box A.

The oil is fed into the pipe() by the upright pipe G, from a can or reservoir at the top of the pipe G, and passes out through the pipes a a, and end-pieces D and E into the burners d e.

As soon as these burners are lighted, they heat the end-pieces D and E to an intense heat, which converts the oil in them to gas, which gas is forced down to the burners d and e-by the weight of the oil in the pipe G, and thus supplies the burners with gas, which burns under the diifusing-plates f and c, which spread the heat or iiame over a large surface of the bottom of the box A. 7 l

The 'inner frame-work of my machine consists of the roller-frame pieces P P, with tupright standards H H secured to them, the two sides ofthe frame being united by cross-pieces p p Q, as shown.

The arms L L are pivoted on the cross-piece Q, and are united at their lower ends by the bar l, which has the ends of the rubber-trame pieces M M pivoted at its ends.

These rubber-pieces are united at their other ends by the handle n, by which the rubber is operated, and have the rubber N secured to them by means of the lips m 'm,-and one or two screws at each side, which screws pass through the frame-pieces M M, and screw into the rubber N.

The advantage resulting from this mode of'secnring the rubber N is that the lips m m allow of the swelling of the rubber-board N, when wet, and a shrinking when drying, after being wet, without any danger of splitting the board N, which is very liable to occur when said rubber board is secured to .the pieces M M by several screws at each end.

.The rollers O O are secured between the pieces P P by the screws o o, which pass through holes in the pieces I P, and screw into the ends of said rollers, and serve as the axes of rotation for the rollers O O.

A flange, t', is made on the outer faces of the uprights H H, and` slides up and down in a groove, o, between two anges or lips a; x, secured on the inside of the box A, thus serving to maintain the trame-work P H H P in the proper position in the box A, and, at the same time, to allow said frame to be raised or lowered in the box.

The sliding boxes I I, of the form shown, are so arranged as to slide up and down on the uprights H H, and rest with their lower ends on the rim of the box A.

A ratchet-'dial, K, of the form shown, is secured to each box I, and a handle, J, with segmented gear-head, g, is pivoted in said box I, on the rod h, which unites the two 'boxes I I.

A spring, j, (see iig. 6,) is secured on the handle J,

and works into the ratchet-dial K.

` And a row of cog-pins, q q, is arranged in the plane of the iiange i, in the uprights H H, so that the gearhead g of the handle J inay mesh into them.

It is readily seen that, by turning down the handles J J, the uprights H H will be raised up in the boxes I I, through the action of the head g on the pins q q, and as these boxes rest on the rim of the box A, that the whole inner frame-work of rollers and rubber will be raised up in the box A, and. can be held at any desired point, by allowing the springs j j on the handles J J, to engage with the teeth on the ratchet-dialK, by which the rollers 0 O may be kept at the surface of the water at all times during the washing of the clothes. When it is desired to clean the box A, or to use it for any other purpose than washing, the whole frame H P may be raised entirely out of and be removed from the box A.

The whole of the inner frame-work of my machine may be made of wood, 'if desired, butI consider gal- Having thus fully described my invention, a WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters The peculiar arrangement and combination of the sliding:r boxes I I, with ratchet-(hals K K secured thereto, the lifting-levers .I J, with spring-pawls j j and geared heads g g thereon, and the frame-standards H H, with oog-pins q q, the several parts being constructed, y

arranged, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

As evidence that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, in presence of .two witnesses, this 23d day of July, A. I). 1868.

L. H. HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

JOB ABBOTT, O. Q. BEBBOUT. 

